Defense and big pharma own the top of the board at the open, led by Northrop Grumman up 5.36%, with Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck also higher. The pain is concentrated in crypto miners and optics names, where IREN leads the decline.
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Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer 10/1/26
- Cramer still buys Palantir at $190 after the stock gained 60% in Q3 and stalled short of his $250 target
- Salesforce, up 46.5%, called the better SaaS-apocalypse rebound than Veeva at 30 times earnings
- Caterpillar's 24% Q3 profit taking framed as a buying chance on data center engine demand
- IBM, down 22% on its miss, gets the wait-a-quarter rule; Home Depot stays hostage to rates
Cramer wants to add software as the bounce-back trade and the beaten-down industrial names tied to data center power. He also warns that rising rates are the real threat heading into earnings season in a couple of weeks.
- BRK.BBerkshire Hathaway Inc. New Common Stock (BRK.B)Buy$1K – $15KAug 7
- CBUBS IRA Account Chubb Limited Common Stock (CB)Sell$15K – $50KAug 19
- IBMUBS Brokerage Account International Business Machines Corporation Common Stock (Partial sell$1K – $15KAug 24
- IBMUBS Brokerage Account International Business Machines Corporation Common Stock (Partial sell$1K – $15KAug 24
- MRKUBS IRA Account Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (MRK)Buy$15K – $50KAug 19
- MRKUBS IRA Account Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (MRK)Buy$15K – $50KAug 19
- MRNAUBS Brokerage Account Moderna, Inc. - Common Stock (MRNA)Partial sell$1K – $15KAug 19
- MRNAUBS Brokerage Account Moderna, Inc. - Common Stock (MRNA)Buy$1K – $15KAug 19
Salazar rotated out of insurance and legacy tech and into big pharma, with two Merck buys of up to $50,000 each landing the same August day she sold Chubb. The filing also shows private SpaceX shares bought in two separate accounts, a reminder that members are accessing pre-IPO names retail investors cannot touch. Disclosed 33 days after the trades.
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